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OpenSSL EUVD-2026-35485

| CVE-2026-42768 LOW
Covert Channel (CWE-514)
3.7
CVSS 3.1 · Vendor

Severity by source

Vendor (CNA) PRIMARY
3.7 LOW
AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N

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CVSS VectorVendor

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N
Attack Vector
Network
Attack Complexity
High
Privileges Required
None
User Interaction
None
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality
Low
Integrity
None
Availability
None

Lifecycle Timeline

5
Source Code Evidence Fetched
Jun 09, 2026 - 21:38 vuln.today
Analysis Generated
Jun 09, 2026 - 21:38 vuln.today
CVSS changed
Jun 09, 2026 - 21:22 NVD
3.7 (LOW)
CVE Published
Jun 09, 2026 - 11:43 nvd
LOW 3.7
CVE Published
Jun 09, 2026 - 11:43 nvd
UNKNOWN (no severity yet)

Description PRE-NVD

Disclosed via GitHub release of openssl/openssl. NVD scoring and full description are pending.

AnalysisAI

Bleichenbacher oracle in OpenSSL's CMS_decrypt() and PKCS7_decrypt() functions exposes RSA-encrypted message content to unauthenticated remote attackers who can submit adaptive chosen-ciphertext queries against multi-RecipientInfo CMS/PKCS7 structures. Four active OpenSSL branches are affected (3.4.x, 3.5.x, 3.6.x, and 4.0.x), with patches released under the coordinated OpenSSL security advisory on 2026-06-09. …

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Attack ChainAIDerived

Hypothetical attack flow derived from CVE metadata

Access
Identify network-accessible CMS/PKCS7 RSA decryption endpoint
Delivery
Craft multi-RecipientInfo message with chosen RSA ciphertext
Exploit
Submit adaptive oracle query and record pass/fail response
Execution
Iterate with modified ciphertexts across thousands of queries
Persist
Converge on valid RSA plaintext via Bleichenbacher algorithm
Impact
Recover encrypted session key or message content

Vulnerability AssessmentAI

Exploitation Exploitation requires that the target application expose CMS_decrypt() or PKCS7_decrypt() over a network-accessible interface where the attacker can both submit arbitrary multi-RecipientInfo RSA ciphertext messages and observe distinguishable decryption outcomes (success vs. … Additional conditions and limiting factors are described in the full assessment.
Risk Assessment The CVSS 3.7 Low score is internally consistent: AV:N confirms network reachability, but AC:H captures the inherent difficulty of the Bleichenbacher technique - tens of thousands to millions of adaptive oracle queries are typically required, generating significant detectable traffic. … Full risk analysis with EPSS, KEV, and SSVC signal comparison available after sign-in.
Exploit Scenario An attacker with network access to an S/MIME gateway, CMS-based key management service, or PKCS7 decryption endpoint crafts a sequence of multi-RecipientInfo CMS messages with systematically varied RSA ciphertexts, submitting thousands of adaptive queries and observing whether CMS_decrypt() or PKCS7_decrypt() returns a success or failure response for each. By analyzing the binary oracle output across many iterations, the attacker progressively narrows the RSA plaintext space and ultimately recovers the session key or encrypted message content. …
Remediation Upgrade to the vendor-released patched versions: OpenSSL 4.0.1 for the 4.0.x branch, 3.6.3 for 3.6.x, 3.5.7 for 3.5.x, or 3.4.6 for 3.4.x, as specified in the vendor advisory at https://openssl-library.org/news/secadv/20260609.txt. … Detailed patch versions, workarounds, and compensating controls in full report.

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